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President's Message
I was all ready to write the annual recap of the Chapter visit to Washington, D.C., for ACEP's annual Leadership & Advocacy Conference: “We stormed Capitol Hill, solved all the country's problems while guaranteeing more money for everyone,†etc. etc. I wish. But as I started writing, I kept coming back to an issue very familiar to anyone who works in an emergency department. In fact, this issue has become so familiar, I think many of us have become somewhat numb to it. I know I was. But not anymore. Not after what I heard this week. [Read more]
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2016 Leadership & Advocacy Conference
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The Ohio ACEP delegation gathers in Washington for the 2016 Leadership & Advocacy Conference!
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On May 15-18, emergency physicians from around the country descended on Washington, DC for ACEP’s Leadership & Advocacy Conference. The Ohio Chapter delegation met with legislators and key staffers on Capitol Hill, honed their advocacy skills, and got some great leadership training.
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[left to right] Chapter President Dr. Michael McCrea and Government Affairs Committee Co-chairs Drs. Brad Raetzke and Matt Sanders in the Russell Senate Office Building rotunda
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The White House and Washington Monument, as photographed by Leadership Development Academy member Dr. Daniel Schwerin
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Meeting with Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH – 3) [second from right] are [left to right] Drs. Andrew Little, Laura Espy-Bell, and John Casey
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Ohio ACEP emergency physician leaders check in with Nikki Hurt [center] from U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown's office
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Thanks to all our dedicated members who traveled to DC to advocate on behalf of their fellow EM physicians and to the Ohio EM residency programs that each sponsored a resident to attend LAC:
Case Western Reserve University/MetroHealth
CORE/Doctors Hospital
Wright State University
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Member Kudos
Eileen Baker, MD, FACEP, and Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP, who co-authored the Annals of Emergency Medicine articles, “Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs: Ethical Issues in the Emergency Department†and “Law Enforcement and Emergency Medicine: An Ethical Analysisâ€
Brad Cotton, MD, FACEP, who was presented with Single Payer Action Network (SPAN) Ohio’s Bob Smiddie Health Care Justice Award; was elected to SPAN Ohio’s Board of Directors at the organization’s 2016 Annual Conference; and participated in a debate at The Ohio State University College of Medicine, which was sponsored by the student section of Physicians for a National Health Program and the Benjamin Rush Institute
Bentley Woods Curry, MD, who was presented with the 2016 EMRA Jean Hollister EMS Award
Nicholas Jouriles, MD, FACEP, who was presented with an award in acknowledgement of his generous service to the board examination process, by serving as an ABEM oral board examiner 16 times
Sara Khuder, for being inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, which recognizes exemplars of humanistic patient care who serve as role models and leaders in medicine
Robert Lowe, MD, FACEP, for being presented with the EMS Medical Director of the Year at the EMS Star of Life Awards
Sharon Mace, MD, FACEP, who co-authored “Clinical Policy for Well-Appearing Infants and Children Younger Than 2 Years of Age Presenting to the Emergency Department With Fever†which was published in the May edition of the Annals of Emergency Medicine
Catherine Marco, MD, FACEP, and Michael Beeson, MD, who co-authored, “American Board of Emergency Medicine Report on Residency Training Information,†which was published in the May edition of the Annals of Emergency Medicine
Do you know of a member who deserves to be congratulated? Let us know!
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In Memoriam: Dr. Bruce Ashley
We are sad to report the passing of an admired physician and a longtime Chapter member, Bruce Ashley, MD, FACEP. Dr. Ashley passed away unexpectedly on May 5 at the age of 69 at the Adams County Regional Medical Center, where he was wrapping up a shift in the emergency department. [Read more]
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Now Accepting Abstracts for Residents' Assembly Poster Competition!
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Featured Ohio EM Residents’ Assembly faculty include:
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Anand "Swami" Swaminathan, MD
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Kevin Klauer, DO, EJD, FACEP
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August 11 | Columbus, OH
Renaissance Columbus Downtown
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Heroes Honored at EMS Star of Life Awards
On May 18, in Columbus, Ohio ACEP teamed up with the Ohio Division of EMS and the State Board of Emergency Medical, Fire, and Transportation Services (EMFTS) to host the 16th Annual EMS Star of Life Awards ceremony. The ceremony was established to celebrate Ohio’s outstanding first responders, reunite EMS personnel with the patients they saved, and honor Ohio's EMS heroes.
Emergency physicians know how critical our nation’s EMS professionals are, and we’re proud to help recognize their life-saving work. Congratulations to all the departments and EMS personnel who received honors!
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